Skirt-rack.



J. A. DOUGLASS.

SKIRT4 RACK.

APPLIoATwN FILED MAB.15 1111 1.

1,034,892'. Patented Aug. 6,1912.

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Jan Jmggw JOHN A. DOUGLASS, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

SKIRT-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application liled March 15, 1911. Serial No. 614,666.

To all 'whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. DoUcLAss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Racks, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

The invention relates to apparel supporters, more particularlysupporters adapted to support skirts, and has for an object to provide adevice for efficiently and neatly supporting skirts in a dependingposition so that the same will not become creased or soiled in anymanner.

Among other features, my invention embodies a supporter adapted toprotect the skirts from any dust, the said supporter also constituting adisplay rack whereon skirts can be prominently displayed. For thepurpose mentioned, use is made of a base provided with an upwardlyextending rod and constituting a stand, a supporting body revolublymounted on the upper end of the said rod and means mounted on the underside of the supporting body for supporting skirts thereon at thewaistband thereof, the said skirts being adapted to hang in a dependingposition.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my device showing the slidable curtain partially opened todisclose a number of skirts depending from the supporting body of myapparel supporter. Fig. 2 is a view looking at the under side of thesupporting body and showing the means for attaching the skirts thereto,and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1disclosing the manner of securing the skirt supporting means to asupporting body.

Referring more particularly to the views, I employ a base 10 providedwith a vertically extending rod 11 and constituting a suitable stand andrevolubly mounted at the upper end of the rod 11 is a supporting body 12preferably circular in form.

Secured in the under side of the supporting body 12 and dependingtherefrom is a sleeve 13, the said sleeve being adapted to have theupper end of the rod 11 mounted therein.

Secured to the under side of the body 12 and inclosing a portion of thesleeve 13 is a resilient pad 111 and spaced from the resilient pad 11and disposed adjacent the lower end of the sleeve 13 is a second pad 15.

A plurality of spring clips 16 are provided and have their inner endsengaging the sleeve 13 between the pads 14 and 15, the said inner endsbeing connected by a wire 17. rlhe clips 16 extend outwardly from thesleeve 13 toward the peripheral surface of the supporting body 12, andthe said clips each consist of a plurality of connected bars 18 havingtheir outer ends curved inwardly with springs 19 disposed between thesaid bars and connected thereto by clamps 20, the said inwardly curvedends of the bars being secured to the supporting body 12 by suitablefastening members 21. The clips 16 are arranged in immediate successionentirely around the under side of the supporting body 12 so that theouter edges of the bars of each clip engage the outer edges of the barsof the next adjacent clip.

Mounted adjacent the periphery of the supporting body 12 on the underside thereof is a trolley 22 from which is slidably mounted to depend acurtain 23, the outer edges of the curtain being adapted to meet so thatthe curtain will completely inclose the clips 16 and any skirts that maybe suspended therefrom.

To position the skirts so that the same will depend from one of theclips 16, the waistband of the skirt is disposed to pass between theouter ends of adjacent clips, the springs 19 of the said clips beingadapted to position the said outer edges of the clips so that thewaistband of the skirt will be rigidly held in position between the saidouter edges. It will be readily seen that by disposing the clips 16entirely around the under side of the supporting body 12, a large numberof skirts can be held in depending position on the supporting body andany one skirt can be easily removed from the clips by simply pulling theskirt outwardly therefrom. By parting the outer ends of the curtain 23,the skirts mounted on the supporting body 12 will be displayed and thesupporting body can be revolved on the rod 11 so that any particularskirt can be brought to view. W'hen it is desired to cover up the skirtsto prevent the same from being covered with dust or dirt, the curtain 23can be operated to slide in the trolley 22 so that the said curtain willentirely inclose the said skirts as heretofore mentioned and althoughfor the purpose of describing my invention I have shown a particularconstruction thereof, it will be understood that the scope of theinvention is defined in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the vention, what I claim as new, is

In combination with an apparel supporter7 a plurality of clips securedthereto, each of the said clips consisting of a plurality of connectedbars having their outer ends curved inwardly and terminating inVfastening members connected to the said supporter, J5

mounted to encircle the said bars and the 20 portions of the springsadjacent thereto.

In testimony whereof I aiitiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Jol-1N A. DoUGLAss.

Witnesses:

L. J. SCHNEIDER, J. M. SLAUGHTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for :five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

